Chivalry in the New World

Nueva edición de un sugerente ensayo de Peter Burke, publicado en origen como Cap. 9 de su Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146.The romances of chivalry of the Middle Ages are still living in the popular literature of Latin America. After spreading in Renaissance Europe, the Spanish chivalric romance came to America, first in the territories conquered by the Spaniards, later in Brazil. Here, thanks to precise cultural conditions, its branches extend until the nineteenth century, when it also inspired popular rebellions, and reach Guimarães Rosa's novel and its contemporary cinema adaptations. We publish here a new, open access edition of this suggestive essay by Peter Burke, originally published as Chapter 9 of his Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146.The romances of chivalry of the Middle Ages are still living in the popular literature of Latin America. After spreading in Renaissance Europe, the Spanish chivalric romance came to America, first in the territories conquered by the Spaniards, later in Brazil. Here, thanks to precise cultural conditions, its branches extend until the nineteenth century, when it also inspired popular rebellions, and reach Guimarães Rosa's novel and its contemporary cinema adaptations. We publish here a new, open access edition of this suggestive essay by Peter Burke, originally published as Chapter 9 of his Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146.Il romanzo cavalleresco del medioevo vive ancora nella letteratura popolare dell’America latina. Dopo la diffusione cinquecentesca in Europa, il romanzo cavalleresco di matrice spagnola giunse in America, dapprima nei territori conquistati dagli spagnoli, più tardi in Brasile. Qui, grazie a precise condizioni culturali, le sue propaggini arrivano fino al XIX secolo, quando ispira anche rivolte popolari, e si estendono fino al romanzo di Guimarães Rosa e alle sue trasposizioni cinematografiche contemporanee. Proponiamo una nuova edizione open access di questo suggestivo saggio di Peter Burke, originariamente pubblicato come cap. 9 del suo Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146. Il romanzo cavalleresco del medioevo vive ancora nella letteratura popolare dell’America latina. Dopo la diffusione cinquecentesca in Europa, il romanzo cavalleresco di matrice spagnola giunse in America, dapprima nei territori conquistati dagli spagnoli, più tardi in Brasile. Qui, grazie a precise condizioni culturali, le sue propaggini arrivano fino al XIX secolo, quando ispira anche rivolte popolari, e si estendono fino al romanzo di Guimarães Rosa e alle sue trasposizioni cinematografiche contemporanee. Proponiamo una nuova edizione open access di questo suggestivo saggio di Peter Burke, originariamente pubblicato come cap. 9 del suo Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146.The romances of chivalry of the Middle Ages are still living in the popular literature of Latin America. After spreading in Renaissance Europe, the Spanish chivalric romance came to America, first in the territories conquered by the Spaniards, later in Brazil. Here, thanks to precise cultural conditions, its branches extend until the nineteenth century, when it also inspired popular rebellions, and reach Guimarães Rosa's novel and its contemporary cinema adaptations. We publish here a new, open access edition of this suggestive essay by Peter Burke, originally published as Chapter 9 of his Varieties of Cultural History, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1997, pp. 136-146